Knitting implement



E. SCHNEIDER.

KNITTING IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION mm NOV. 26. 191:.

1 3 1 8,604 Patented Oct. 14, 1919.

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ma COLUMBIA PLANOGRAI'II cm. WASHINGTON. n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELSIE sciiivninnia, or CLE ELAND, OHIO.

KNITTING IMPLEMENT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELSIE SCHNEIDER, a citizen of the United States, resident of Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Knitting Implements, of

which the following is a specification, the

My invention is designed to produce a machine which is inexpensive in its first cost and in which there is substantially no deterioration. signed for rapid production of the products mentioned and to which there shall attach the proper degree of closeness and suit-' able elasticity. Said machine is also designed to be used without accidental injury to the wool, to be safe for the operator and i to induce theleast amount of fatigue in operationv Furthermore, the mastery of the operation of said machine is easily acquired in the first instance.

The annexed drawing and the-following description set forth in detail certain means embodying my invention, the disclosed means, however, constituting butone of various mechanical forms in which the principle of the invention may be employed.

In said annexed drawing:

Figure 1 represents a perspective eleva-i tion of my new and improved knitting machine; Fig. 2 represents a planview thereof; and Fig. 3 represents a vertical section there-1 of taken in the plane indicated by the lines IIIIII, Fig. 2. a Referring to the accompanying drawing, the embodiment of .my machine therein shown comprises a properly shellacked or.

otherwise finished frame 1 composed of two parts 1 and 1 as plainlyshown in Fig. 3,.

the grain of the wood in said two parts 1 and 1 being disposed in opposite directions so as to prevent the warping of .the frame. Said frame is formed with a large central hole 2 so that the'frame is in reality a rim or annular member, as plainly shown in the drawing. The upper edge of the hole 2 is formed with a beveled or rounded corner 3,

The machine is further de- Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Oct. 14, 1919.

Application filed November 26, 1917. Serial No. 204,022.

for the purposes hereinafter fully described. The bottom outer edge of the frame 1 is also formed with a beveled or rounded corner 4:, the purpose of which also will be described hereinafter. Formed integrally with uneven number thereof, for the purposes hereinafter described. In certain designs of my improved knitting machine, said pins 5 are classified to an extent and such classification is indicated in the accompanying drawing by the differentiating marks upon certain pins 6, such differentiation in practice being usually provided by having pins of different colors. The purpose of this differentiation will also be explained in detail later. Adjacently to the colored pins 6 is a groove 7formed in the upper face of the frame 1 and transversely thereof. Secured to the outer edge of the annular member l and of a width less than the depth of'the member 1 is a spring 8 secured by two or more screws or by a stap'le 9, .which spring 8 is formed "with outwardly turned ends 10. The tops 11 of the pins 5 and 6 are rounded, as plainlyindicated in the accompanying drawing.

The above-described knitting machine may be cast all in one piece of hard rubber or metal, if desired, or the same may be formed of wood, as shown, and the pins whichmay be formed of wood, celluloid, celluloidcomposition or other suitable material, secured in the frame so as to project from oneface thereof asshown. I have found in practice that the wooden pin is liable to deterioration, whereas metal, rubber, or celluloid pins wear smooth and so become increasingly suitable and are. substantially permanent;

Also, the rubber or celluloid pins have a springiness suitable for the operation, which is not true of pins made of any other mate rial. The large centralhole 2 is provided for the purpose of allowing the finished productto escape therethrough so as to not inconveniently interfere with the operation of the machine, The inner rounded corner tor. Furthermore, the rounded tops 11 of the pins 5 and 6 prevent the wool from splitting or tearing. H y i The starting point of the operation is designed to be adjacent to the colored or difierentiated pins 6 and, in the exemplification of my invention illustrated in the accompanying drawing, is designed to be located continguously to the groove 7 which is disposed between the two colored pins 6. The groove 7 is in reality an auxiliary to the colored pins 6 and, although shown in the accompanying drawing in connection with said pins 6, is not necessary when the pins are made of such material that they can be made in different colors, so that the proper starting point can be thereby indicated. The spring 8 is made of a width less than the depth of the frame 1 in order that the hand of the operator may be protected therefrom and said spring is secured at two or more points in order that it may not turn. The outwardly turned ends 10 are provided for receiving the loose end of the wool thereunder when the wool which has been wound around the pins 5 and 6, as hereinafter fully explained, is being looped over said pins. It will be noted that said spring 8 is disposed adjacently to the groove 7. This spring 8 is formed with two outwardly turned ends 10 so as to provide in a sense a double spring whereby the loose end of the wool can be held in position for both right handed and left handed operators, and also can be held conveniently in position when the stitch is reversed. This is for the purpose of keeping the loose end vof the wool well out of the way of the operator in weaving after one revolution of stitches has been made and to keep the wool wound on'the pins from slipping OK. It will be noted from the accompanying drawing that I have provided an uneven number of pins and this is for the purpose of allowing greater diversity in the styles of weaves upon a single machine. Varying diameters and shapes of finished products will, of course, require machines of different sizes.

.There are certain relations existing between certain elements of my machine which are important. For instance, if the diameter of the pins 5 and 6 is a length substantially one-fourth the length of that part of the pin projecting above the frame 1, the most satisfactory elasticity is secured consistent with the non-tearing of the wool. Further, in making armlets, the distance from the top of the armlet to the thumb is equal to the diameter of the ring formed by the pins 5 and 6 in the case of wooden frames. Also,

, the length of the opening for the thumb of said armlet is equal to the distance from the bottom of a pin 5 down around the frame 1 through the hole 2 and under said frame to its bottom outer edge. The ratio between the perimeter of the armlet being made and the circumference of the ring formed by the pins 5 and 6 also is an important factor in determining the elasticity of the finished product.

I have discovered that in order to increase the elasticity of the product and also increase the size of the article a desired amount, an increase in the diameter of the machine of one-half an inch, 2'. 6., one-half inch in the diameter of the circle of pins 5 and 6, and an increase in diameter of each pin of from one to two millimeters, is desirable. Furthermore, by putting a spring 8 and a groove 7 and black pins 6 approximately opposite the aforementioned spring and groove and black pins, the article that is made can be reversed in use and its wearing power thus increased. \Vhen a rubber or metal frame is being used, it is advisable to cut down the distance between the rounded corner 3 and the circle of pins 5 in order to reduce the tendency of the finished product to curl and also thus reduce the expense, bulk and weight of the machine. Also, a metal or rubber machine can be made approximately one-half the thickness of a wooden machine and thus correspondingly reduce the expense, bulk and weight. In the case of thus reducing the thickness of the frame, the width of the spring 8 is correspondingly reduced. The above-mentioned dimensions, in the case of the wooden frame, can not be so reduced because of the necessary strength added to the wood by the greater dimensions.

The machine is operated as follows:

A small tight loop is formed in the yarn and slipped over the pin positioned immediately to the right of the groove 7, Fig. 2; then the yarn is wound around the white pin immediately to the right, the yarn being wound back of the interior of the pin, 2'. a, from right to left, the yarn thus crossing itself immediately back and inside of the pin, and the process repeated with each pin until the pin immediately to the left of the groove 7, Fig. 2, is reached. This operation is twice repeated when the operator then reaches the black pin immediately to the left of the groove 7, Fig. 2, for the third time. Then fasten the loose end of the yarn in the left hand end of the spring 8. Then pick up the lowest of the three loops on the black pin immediately to the right of the groove 7, Fig. 2, and pull said loop over the top two loops and over the said pin, leaving the other two loops upon the pin. Continue this looping from left to right until the black pin immediately to the left of the groove 7, Fig. 2, is reached. Then release the loose end of the yarn held under the left hand end 10 of the spring 8 and wind another tier around the machine from left to right until the black pin positioned immediately to the left of the groove 7 is. reached and then repeat the looping. The above operations are repeated until the desired length of finished product is made. In order to make a thumb opening in a wristlet, the following operations are followed :-'After three inches right to left until the black pin immediately to the right of the groove 7 vis reached, when the yarn. is fastened under the spring 8 and the lowermost tier looped over the pins from right to left until the black pin immediately to the right of the groove 7 is reached; when 7 the operation is again reversed and a tier wound and looped in the other direction. TlllS reversing is repeated until a hole of Copies of this patent may'be obtained for five cents each, by addressing required length for the thumb. opening is made, such hole in the product being produced, of course, by reason of the fact that during this part of the operation no yarn has been wound between the two black pins or, in other words, over the groove 7.

What I claim is: I v A knitting implement comprising an annular frame having upper inner and lower outer beveled ed es, said frame being I r formed with a sing e ring of equally spaced projecting pin-like members; means formed in ,sald frame indicatlng fixed positions rela tive to SfLld' members; and'means secured to said frame adjacently saidfiXed positions and adapted removably to hold the knitting material.

' ELsIE SCHNEIDER.

Washington, D. G. r v

Signed by me, this 17 day of November,

the Commissioner of Patents, 

